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Fred Child

"Classical music is a living, breathing art form with meaning and resonance for our lives today — something always changing and evolving and astounding and, at its best, revolutionary," says Performance Today host Fred Child. This award-winning radio program features the finest live contemporary performances from around the nation and makes the concert hall experience immediate and accessible for well over one million Americans. For detailed program listings and past programs, visit here.

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Playlist

March 24, 2012

6:01 PM
Overture to Maskarade
Artist : San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Album : Grieg Peer Gynt Suites and Nielsen Aladdin
Composer : Carl Nielsen
Label : London 425857
6:18 PM
Waltz from Jazz Suite
Artist : CBC Radio Orchestra; Mario Bernardi Conductor
Album : The Overcoat
Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich
Label : CBC 5216
6:35 PM
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Artist : English Chamber Orchestra; Nigel Kennedy, violin
Album : Classic Kennedy
Composer : Johannes Brahms
Label : EMI 56890
7:01 PM
Overture to "Giardino di Rose"
Artist : Vivaldi Concerti And Baroque Trumpet Music / Wallace
Album : Vivaldi Concerti And Baroque Trumpet Music
Composer : Alessandro Scarlatti
Label : Nimbus 7012
7:12 PM
La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1
Artist : New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein
Album : Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1
Composer : Manuel de Falla
Label : Sony 44723
7:47 PM
Theme & Variations
Artist : Red Cedar Chamber Music
Album : Hummel: Chamber Music at Schonbrunn
Composer : Hummel
Label : Fleur de Son 57983